Babylonian Talmud, as well as Yerushalmi Shas, are the source to all the Halachos and many Minhagim. Although I have a question, there are some times throughout Shas that we find one Amora saying to another Amora something undignified. Such as this Gemara, Sanhedrin 59b, where Rabbi Abbahu calls Rabbi Zeira a "Foolish Bird", that's like calling someone now adays "You stupid person".

Your assumption that "Bavli as well as Yerushalmi Shas, are the source to all the Halachos" is wrong, they are the bases of our Halochos but not the Halochos themselves. The later Poskim decide what goes in and what stays out. It is clearly forbidden to derive Halochos straight from the Gemmorah!
– Al BerkoFeb 27 '19 at 18:20

This Is exactly the point, we have hundreds of personal examples of Rabbis behaviors - i.e. R' Akivah went under his Rabbis bed to learn Halchos of intimate relations (Brochos 62) - should we all do that? Rashi and Rambam and Tosfos and all later Poskim filter it out and only leave certain behaviors as obligation.
– Al BerkoFeb 27 '19 at 18:25

@Alex This Q is about mimicking the Rabbis in their "anti-Halachic" behavior, not about the behavior itself.
– Al BerkoFeb 27 '19 at 18:29

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@Moshe a $1M question. I asked a Q once about R Yehuda's redaction of the Mishnah - how exact was it? Was it well thought and presented methodologically and systematically? While I know that many hold so, I seriously doubt it (see Yerushalmi אין כלליו של רבי כללים). I suspect the same pattern is in our Bavli Gemmora - things were written down without much redacting or censorship. While this view is not popular it seems most realistic.
– Al BerkoFeb 27 '19 at 23:25

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In resolving Halachic disputes we follow the latest Poskim, for example, if two Rabbis in the Gemmorah argue, we follow Rambam and Shu"A rulings. Even if there's only one opinion or example in the Gemmora and the later Poskim don't bring it to the Halachah we follow the later. It is called הלכה כבתראי.